Queensland Consolidated Regulations

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATION 2011 - REG 430

430 Review of asbestos management plan

(1) A person with management or control of a workplace that has an asbestos management plan must ensure that the plan is reviewed and, as necessary, revised in the following circumstances—

(a) there is a review of the asbestos register or a control measure;

(b) asbestos is removed from, or disturbed, sealed or enclosed at, the workplace;

(c) the plan is no longer adequate for managing asbestos or ACM at the workplace;

(d) a health and safety representative requests a review under subsection (2) ;

(e) at least once every 5 years.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—36 penalty units.

(2) A health and safety representative for workers at a workplace may request a review of an asbestos management plan if the representative reasonably believes that—

(a) a circumstance mentioned in subsection (1) (a) , (b) or (c) affects or may affect the health and safety of a member of the work group represented by the health and safety representative; and

(b) the person with management and control of the workplace has not adequately reviewed the asbestos management plan in response to the circumstance.